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By Matias Grez, CNN The Los Angeles Lakers’ patchy start to the season continued on Wednesday, as the star-studded team blew a historic 26-point lead in a 123-115 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder. According to ESPN, it is the biggest lead the Lakers have blown in the last 25 seasons. Heading into Wednesday’s game,

By Kevin Dotson and Wayne Sterling, CNN When he was 20 years old in 2010, Kyle Beach was pursuing his NHL dream when he was called up to the Chicago Blackhawks as a “Black Ace,” a prospect player who could be available to play for the NHL club if needed. It was a couple of

By Steve Almasy, CNN Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Charlie Morton will miss the rest of the World Series after leaving Game 1 with a fractured bone in his leg, according to his team. Morton left the game in the bottom of the third inning after throwing 44 pitches in Houston. The Braves were leading 5-0

By Jack Bantock. CNN A World Series is not an event that needs additional hyping, but a father versus son dynamic is a welcome subplot nonetheless. The best-of-seven Fall Classic series to crown this year’s Major League Baseball champion begins on Tuesday night, bringing Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker face-to-face with his son, Houston Astros

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Carl Madsen, a National Football League veteran official, died Sunday on his way home from the Kansas City Chiefs and Tennessee Titans game in Nashville, the league told CNN. He was 71. The cause of death is unknown. “Carl Madsen was an NFL officiating fixture for more than two decades, first

By George Ramsay, CNN South African cricketer Quinton de Kock has made the “personal decision” not to take a knee before games at the ongoing T20 World Cup. His decision comes after the Cricket South Africa (CSA) board announced that all players would be required to take a knee before World Cup games in the

By Aleks Klosok, CNN Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will remain in his post despite Sunday’s 5-0 hammering at the hands of Liverpool in their English Premier League encounter at Old Trafford. Speaking after the match Solskjaer said that it was “the darkest day I’ve had leading these players and we weren’t good enough,

By John Sinnott, CNN Walter Smith, who guided Scottish club Rangers to 10 league titles, has died at the age of 73. The Scottish Football Association described Smith as “one of the most successful managers in Scottish football history,” while Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon called him a “true football great.” “On behalf of the

By Ben Church, CNN It is a day that Manchester United fans would rather soon forget. Sunday’s emphatic 5-0 thrashing at the hands of fierce rival Liverpool highlighted everything that is currently wrong at the club and has put untold pressure on United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The hosts simply showed an apathetic level of

By Alex Thomas and George Ramsay, CNN Undefeated in 32 fights and victorious across a thrilling trilogy of bouts against Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury has cemented his status as the best heavyweight boxer of the current era over the past two years. But where does Fury stand in comparison to boxing’s legendary fighters? According to

By Kevin Dotson, CNN For the first time since 1999, the Atlanta Braves are in the Fall Classic. The Braves knocked out the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series by a score of 4-2 on Saturday. The series had been a rematch from last season, when the

By Matias Grez, CNN At the absolute peak of their rivalry, El Clasico often seemed more about Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi than it did Real Madrid vs. Barcelona. This Sunday, for the first time since 2007, neither player will be at the two clubs when they meet for the 247th edition of one of

By Ben Morse, CNN Some of the world’s leading chess players have withdrawn from next week’s Grand Swiss tournament in Riga, Latvia, citing health concerns after the country entered into a four-week long lockdown due to a surge in Covid-19 cases. From Thursday, October 21 until November 14, a curfew will be in place from

By Ben Morse, CNN Nico Ali Walsh used to wear a jacket to cover the tattoo on his forearm to avoid drawing attention to it. It’s not a controversial tattoo. It is just a face of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. But questions arose when people asked about his connection to the great man — he

By Steve Almasy, CNN The Houston Astros are headed to World Series for the third time in five seasons after defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Houston on Friday night. The Astros haven’t won the Series since being embroiled in a sign-stealing controversy after their 2017 championship season, which ended with them beating the

By Ben Morse, CNN Facing elimination, up steps Chris Taylor. He smashed three home runs to keep the Los Angeles Dodgers alive against the Atlanta Braves in their best-of-seven National League Championship Series, cutting the Braves’ lead to 3-2. The 31-year-old provided six of the Dodgers’ first seven runs, as they cruised to an 11-2

Story by Reuters Leading Formula One drivers defended the popular Netflix “Drive to Survive” fly-on-the-wall series on Thursday after Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen said he was snubbing it because he felt some of the rivalries were “faked.” The docu-series, now filming its fourth season, has been credited as a big factor in fueling

By Ben Morse, CNN In 2018, D’Ernest Johnson wasn’t signed by any NFL team after failing to be drafted. So, he took up a job on a fishing boat in Key West, Florida, reeling in mahi mahi to make ends meet. Now, three years later and having put in the work, Johnson is a match-winning

By Coy Wire and Ben Church, CNN With 100 race wins and seven world championships to his name so far, Lewis Hamilton can arguably claim to be the greatest Formula One driver in history. Not that the 36-year-old Briton, who has the most race wins or podium places in F1 history, is thinking like that.

By Dave Alsup and Joe Sutton, CNN The National Football League and lawyers for Black players who accused the league of discrimination have filed a joint proposal to “scrap the use of a race-based method to evaluate dementia claims made by former players in the league’s concussion settlement,” according to a New York Times report.

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Former Washington State Cougars football coach Nick Rolovich plans to take legal action against the university following his firing on Monday for failing to comply with the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, his attorney told CNN on Wednesday. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s proclamation required full vaccinations by this past Monday for most

By Ben Church, CNN Manager Steve Bruce has left Newcastle United by mutual consent just 13 days after the Saudi Arabia-backed takeover of the Premier League club. The 60-year-old leaves after more than two years in charge in which he led the team to a 13th and 12th place finish in the league. His position

By Joseph Ataman, CNN A sex-tape, alleged blackmail and two French soccer stars: as the trial of French striker Karim Benzema kicks off today, it was always going to draw attention. Benzema, who plays club football for Real Madrid, faces a charge of “complicity in attempted blackmail” against former French national teammate and current Olympiacos

By Ben Church, CNN Football’s world governing body FIFA says it’s “deeply concerned” at images that have recently emerged on social media of the Congolese Under-20 women’s national team. Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO posted video footage appearing to show team training in the street before an Under-20 World Cup qualifier. FIFPRO says the video,

By Kevin Dotson, CNN The National Hockey League has handed a 21-game unpaid suspension to Evander Kane of the San Jose Sharks after an investigation into whether he submitted a fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination card, according to Front Office Sports and ESPN, which cited unnamed sources. The NHL found “an established violation of, and lack of

By Aleks Klosok, CNN France and FC Bayern Munich defender Lucas Hernández has until October 28 to voluntarily enter prison after breaking a restraining order in 2017. The 25-year-old was sentenced to six months in prison by a Madrid court last week for breaking a restraining order following a 2017 conviction of domestic violence against

By Ben Church, CNN New Zealand Rugby is mourning the death of Māori All Blacks player Sean Wainui after the 25-year-old died in a car accident on Monday. A rising star who played 10 times for the Māori All Blacks, Wainui had a brief spell with the Crusaders, before joining the Chiefs in 2018. He

By Ben Morse and Amanda Davies, CNN After allegations of abuse in women’s football surfaced in recent weeks in the US, Venezuela and Australia, the sport’s world governing body FIFA fears they could be the “tip of the iceberg.” Joyce Cook, FIFA’s Chief Education and Social Responsibility Officer, told CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies that there

By Homero De la Fuente and Susannah Cullinane, CNN The Chicago Sky have won their first championship, defeating the Phoenix Mercury 80-74 in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday. Allie Quigley led Chicago with 26 points, while Candace Parker added 16 points and 13 rebounds in the championship-clinching victory. The sixth-seeded Sky are

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Washington Football Team paid tribute Sunday to beloved football legend Sean Taylor, who was killed in 2007 while protecting his family from a home burglary. The National Football League (NFL) team retired his jersey number, 21, during a ceremony before their game against the Kansas City Chiefs. During the pregame

By Wayne Sterling and Amanda Jackson, CNN With less than a minute to go in the Mississippi Rebels and Tennessee Volunteers game Saturday night, fans threw trash onto the field following a defensive stop by the Rebels at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. Water bottles, pizza boxes, and beer cans littered the field, and a

By Ben Morse, CNN Ah, the joys of youth. Having boundless energy is one of the perks of being young. But Cole Palmer took it to a new level on Saturday, appearing in a youth game just hours after coming on in Manchester City’s 2-0 victory against Burnley in the Premier League. Palmer came on

By Ben Morse, CNN Team Jessica Korda won the Aramco Team Series on Saturday, the first Ladies European Tour golf event to be held in the US. Comprised of Korda, Karolin Lampert, Lina Boqvist and amateur Alexandra O’Laughlin, her team finished just ahead of Sophia Popov and her team to claim the inaugural title. The

By Ben Morse, CNN Mohamed Salah scored his second wonderful solo goal in as many Premier League games as Liverpool spoilt Claudio Ranieri’s return to management in the UK. In the 54th minute of Liverpool’s comfortable 5-0 win against Watford at Vicarage Road, Salah picked up the ball on the edge of the Watford box

By George Ramsay, CNN Think of cricket-playing nations and the likes of India, Australia and England might come to mind. Not so much Oman, a country nestled on the corner of the Arabian Peninsula with limited history when it comes to red or white-ball versions of the game. But that could be about to change

By Jack Bantock, CNN Still only 29, he’s one of the two greatest Premier League players of all-time, yet is Mohamed Salah still undervalued? According to leading sports scientist Simon Brundish, it’s a categorical yes — and he’s got the statistics to prove it. In 1999, a swaggering Frenchman by the name of Thierry Henry

By CNN Sports staff EA Sports will remove former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden from Madden NFL 22, the video game company announced Wednesday. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails uncovered as part of an NFL investigation into workplace misconduct at the Washington

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving said Wednesday that he is unvaccinated against Covid-19, a day after his team said the seven-time All-Star would not be allowed to begin play this season because of his status. Irving had until now refused to publicly disclose his vaccination status, but on Tuesday, Nets general

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN If the first step to becoming a sporting icon is a distinctive moniker, rising MotoGP star Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia got a helping hand from birth. “My sister is only 20 months older than me,” the Italian tells CNN from the media center at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas. “When we were

By Ray Sanchez, CNN Jon Gruden, who resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders following reports of homophobic, racist and misogynistic emails, was not even a target of the NFL investigation which led to his rapid downfall. Neither were the Raiders. In fact, the questionable emails were uncovered as part of a league

By Ben Morse, CNN It was technically a home game for the Atlanta Falcons home game, but with the array of colored jerseys on display providing a vivid backdrop at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, it was as much a gathering of footballer lovers. Face-painted rival fans sat side by side, buying rounds of

By John Sinnott, CNN Valtteri Bottas, who started in pole positiion, cruised to win the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday as his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton finished fifth to limit the damage to his Formula One title defense. Starting the race in 11th due to a 10-place grid penalty, Hamilton manoeuvred his way through the

By John Sinnott, CNN In a fight that is being talked about as one of the all-time great heavyweight bouts, Tyson Fury retained his WBC title after knocking out Deontay Wilder at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. “I’ve been in this business 57 years promoting fights and I truly have to say

By Matias Grez and John Sinnott, CNN While the likes of the NFL are leading the way in public vaccine advocacy and transparency — the league said it had reached a vaccination rate of over 90% among players by late September — the uptake among footballers in the English Premier League remains shrouded in mystery.

By John Sinnott, CNN Britain’s new sporting hero Emma Raducanu, who stunned the tennis world when she won the US Open in September, experienced that losing feeling as she was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the Indian Wells tournament’s second round on Friday. Playing in her first match since her Flushing Meadows triumph,

By Kevin Dotson, CNN Jon Gruden, head coach of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, used racially insensitive language to describe NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, who is Black, in an email sent in 2011, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Gruden, who is White, was working as the lead analyst

By Jacob Lev, CNN Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be allowed to practice at the team’s facility in New York City, but still won’t be able to play in Nets’ home games at Barclays Center because of the city’s vaccine mandate, a City Hall official told CNN on Friday. According to the official, the

By David Close and Jacob Lev, CNN A broadcaster for MLB Network has apologized for using a term that referenced slavery while on-air during a playoff game Friday. Jim Kaat, an MLB Network analyst and former major league pitcher of 25 seasons, says he was trying to compliment Chicago White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada

By Jack Bantock, CNN Stephanie Labbe is smiling. Swedish striker Kosovare Asllani has just placed the ball on the spot to take the first kick of a penalty shootout to decide the gold medal match of the women’s 2020 Olympic soccer final. Amidst the sweltering Tokyo heat, two hours of play could not separate Sweden

By Ben Church, CNN France completed a famous comeback against Belgium on Thursday, overcoming a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 and reach the final of the UEFA Nations League. Goals from Yannick Carrasco and Romelu Lukaku appeared to have put the hosts in total control after the first half but the current world champions fought

By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN On a wild, woodland hilltop in northeastern Tennessee, a man in a gold jacket and matching cowboy hat paces a broad patch of dirt, gesturing up to an increasingly moody sky. “Are y’all ready for some racing?” he bellows into the microphone in his hand. In front of him sit three